Product

 

THYME OIL

MODE OF EXTRACTION-

It is extracted from the fresh or partly dried flowering tops and leaves of the plant by water or steam distillation and the yield is 0.7 -1.0 %.

USES-

Thyme oil strengthens the nerves, aids memory and concentration, can help with the feeling of exhaustion and combats depression, while it fortifies the lungs and helps with colds, coughs, asthma, laryngitis, sinusitis, catarrh, whooping cough, sore throats and tonsillitis.

Thyme oil is beneficial to boost the immune system and can help fight colds, flu, infectious diseases and chills and as a urinary antiseptic, it is very helpful for cystitis and urethritis.

The warming effect of this oil can help in cases of poor circulation, as well as for arthritis, rheumatism, gout, muscular aches and pains, sprains and sport injuries. It is also helpful for cellulite, anorexia, obesity and edema and in cases of scanty periods, leucorrhoea, and to speed up birth and to expel afterbirth.

 Diluted as a mouthwash or as a gargle, thyme oil can help with gum infections and tonsillitis.

 Thyme oil are ant rheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, bactericidal, be chic, cardiac,  

 carminative, cicatrisant, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, hypertensive, insecticide,

 stimulant, tonic and vermifuge.

PROPERTIES-

 It has a rather sweet, yet strongly herbal smell and is reddish-brown to amber in color.

The main chemical components are a-thujone, a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, p-cymene, a-terpinene, linalool, borneol, b-caryophyllene, thymol and carvacrol.

It was first time used by Egypt and Europe

 

 

Product Name     : Thyme oil

Batch no               : BA/EO/FM/145-1507211

Mfg. Date             : 15 July 2021

Expiry Date         : 14 June 2023

Botanical name  : Thymusvalgaris                

INCI name           : Thymus vulgaris (Thyme) Oil

Date of retest       : 14 June 2021

 

Oragnoleptic properties

Specification

Test Method

Result

Appearance

Clear to colourless pale yellow liquid

Visual

Complies

Odour 

Characteristic aromatic spicy odor and reminiscent of thymol

Sensory

 

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble 1 vol. of solute in 3vol. of solvent (96%)

In House Method

Complies

Physical Characteristic

 

 

 

Refractive index @ 20 oC

1.440 to 1.520

BA-QC-016-008

1.459

Specific gravity @ 25 oC

0.860 to 0.980

BA-QC-016-007

0.928

Optical rotation

-10.5 to +8.5

BA-QC-016-048

+4.5

Acid value

NMT 2.00mgKOH/gm

BA-QC-016-001

0.35

Water content

0.20% Max

BA-QC-016-047

0.15

Chromatographic Analysis:%

Thymol content

Y terpinene

P cymene

Carvacrol

 

 28 to 58

2 to 15

12 to 30

1.5 to 9.5

 

 

By GC

 

41.10

9.15

28.5

2.0

 

 

In the mention of the above product  is of standards quality.  

 

Storage: To keep the material cool and dark palace below at 25°C